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Monthly Archive for May, 2016

How did you get your job? Can’t they tell you’re not really ‘at that level’? There are so many other people out there who know more / have more experience / are better… When is someone going to work out they’ve made a mistake? Sound familiar? If so, you might be experiencing Imposter Syndrome. I […]

A wise woman I once worked with used to talk about busy work with a tone of disdain. In her view this was something ineffective people did, consciously or unconsciously, to create the illusion that they are highly valuable. You know those people? Of course you do, they’re everywhere. They’re characterised by a flurry of […]

People love to criticise PowerPoint. To be honest, this has always struck us as blaming shoddy workmanship on the tools rather than the tradesman, but nonetheless given the constant PowerPoint bashing it does seem surprising that it has not budged as the default presentation software for decades. This seems especially odd given the number of […]